[LoneStar]

Originally Posted by nUcLeArEnVoY

WTF, dude? You don't know her. For all you know, she could have a thyroid condition or could have an incredibly hard time losing weight. Suffice to say, the fact that she is female alone goes against her since their metabolic rate is more catered to storing fat.

Having been a chubby kid but am now lean and fit because of diet and exercise, I know the difference between how you're looked at by the public when you're fat and when you're not, and really it's downright cruel. Like you say, I did something about it but I still dislike the way a lot of fat people are looked upon and you'll see why below...

She did nothing to provoke the comment she received and now she is probably starving herself thinking she'll get thin instead of losing it slowly like she's supposed to. My mother is 275 lbs and eats once every two days - the reason being is because in her old age, she eats so seldom that she lost the opportunity to diet herself down and now her metabolism is shot and is adjusted her daily calorie needs to what she usually eats, which is next to nil. She may also have cushings syndrome, which is a condition where the pituitary gland distributes an excess of the stress hormone Cortisol and is characterized by a hunch on the back and central body mass, which she has. Oh, but she is a fat slob who takes all the Mallomars, right? You generalize all fat people into a category of careless, filthy, gluttonous slobs who have no care for their appearance or their "waste-of-space" existence when in actuality, a sizable portion of these people contain actual clinical conditions working against them.

And dude, 7 days a week for an hour and a half? I'll assume you came up with that just to impress others. Well, unless you're an olympic athlete who takes in excess of 6,000+ calories a day (ever see what Michael Phelps eats?) look up overtraining before you preach fitness to the masses. It's all fine and dandy and admirable that you all go to the gym and care about your health and appearance; hell, I do it myself. But if you want to preach it around and ridicule people who aren't exactly like you, it makes you no worst than the "fat, gluttonous slob" you automatically think this poor woman is. Even though you haven't met her or know her exact situation.

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